"A huge part of how my
career has shifted is based on the way that I look, on the way
that I’ve shaped my body to look," Pratt recently toldBBC Radio 4’s "Front Row." "It’s nice to know that there’s
something I can do, that I can manipulate the way I look — that’s
a good thing for an actor to be able to do."

While Pratt joked that he now feels "totally objectified,"
he says, "I think it’s OK, I don’t feel appalled by it."

He does, however, take issue with the double standard between men
and women in Hollywood.

"I think it’s appalling that for a long time only women were
objectified, but I think if we really want to advocate for
equality, it’s important to even things out. Not objectify women less, but objectify men
just as often as we objectify women," Pratt explains.
"There are a lot of women
who got careers out of it, and I’m using it to my advantage. And at
the end of the day, our bodies are objects."

"We’re just big bags of flesh and blood and meat and organs that
God gives us to drive around," he adds.

Pratt packed on 60 pounds
for his role in 2013's "Delivery Man," in which he costarred
alongside Vince Vaughn.DreamWorks/"Delivery Man"

"I had real health issues that
were affecting me in a major way," he added. "It’s bad for your
heart, your skin, your system, your spirit."

Pratt played the bumbling
Andy on NBC's "Parks and Recreation" from 2009 to
2015.NBC/"Parks and
Recreation"

Pratt later clarified his
comments to "Access Hollywood,"
explaining, "I’m
not sure I knew what 'impotent’ meant when I said it. I had a
lower sex drive, to be honest with you. Everything about my
spirit was dull. I didn’t feel great, and I think people will
relate to that."

In order to get in shape ahead
of "Guardians of the Galaxy" and "Jurassic World," Pratt put
himself on an intense diet and exercise
routine, including "three or four hours a day
of just consistent, ass-kicking hard work," he
told Men's Fitness.